Digitizing Korean Rare Books at the East Asian Library, UC Berkeley 버클리대 동아시아도서관 소장 한국 고전적 자료의 해제 및 디지털화 March 25, 2010 고려대학교 민족문화연구원 (Research Institute of Korean Studies)

Collection( 문고명 )Titles( 종수 )Volumes( 책수 ) Asami( 아사미 ) Richmond( 리치몬드 ) Total( 계 ) ) The Amount of Korean Rare Books at UCB *estimated more than 1 million pages approximately 1. Outline( 자료개관 ) * These collections are stored in the C. V. Starr East Asian Library all together, since after March 2008

2) Grouping, according to the quality Collection( 문고명 ) SABC Asami( 아사미 ) Richmond( 리치몬드 ) Total( 계 ) * Standards S : manuscript, unique, rubbings A : different versions which have great value B : found same versions in Korea C : easily found same versions in Korea 1. Outline( 자료개관 )

3) Workflow 1. 자료 개관 (Outline) Cataloguing Basic Description Detailed Description Digitizing Rare Materials Electronic Database RIK S UCB & IA

2) Creating Richmond collection catalogue 1) Revising Asami collection catalogue (1) The first catalogue was published in 1995 by the Institute of Bibliography of Korea (2) RIKS corrected errors and investigated the unknown parts (1) RIKS researched 1,408 titles of Richmond collection in 2007 (2) RIKS catalogued 1,224 titles excluding reproductions and photocopied versions 2. Cataloguing( 서지목록 작성 )

2) Goal: Providing general information, Wakening the reader’s interest 1) Subject: Entire titles in EAL 3) Contents (1) Writer’s simple biography (2) Introduction to the book (3) Introducing same versions in domestic 3. Basic Description( 기본서지 작성 )

2) Goal: Providing detailed information, Wakening academic interest 1) Subject: S and A group, 765 titles 3) Contents 4. Detailed Description( 상세서지 작성 ) (1) Writer’s detailed biography (2) Detailed Explanation and comments about it’s contents (3) Estimation of it’s value

1)Subject: S and A group, 765 titles 2)Digitizing materials and mounting the digitized materials on the Internet both in UCB and Korea Univ. 3)Digitization work is being done by the Internet Archive now 5. Digitization( 원문이미지 구축 )

5. Current Status( 자료 구축 현황 ) CataloguingBasic Description Detailed Description Digitization Scheduled Completed % 28.7%11.3% *Duration : 16 months(Nov – Feb. 2010)